. Bird-lore . YOUNG CEDAR WAXWINGPhotographed by Sheridan F. Wood, West Lafayette, Ohio, August 24, 1915 A Hummingbird Story By WILBUR F. SMITH. South Norwalk, Photographs by the Author. F! i ■ I EMALE HUMMINGBIRDBROODING ^OUR of the Ruby-throated Humming-birds nests that I have found werebuilt on branches hanging out over thewater of a stream or pond. Three nests wereon red or silver maple trees on lawns, and fourmore in some orchard or wood. I had begunto believe that I knew something of the sortof a place a Hummingbird would choose for anest, or that lichens added concealment byma
. Bird-lore . YOUNG CEDAR WAXWINGPhotographed by Sheridan F. Wood, West Lafayette, Ohio, August 24, 1915 A Hummingbird Story By WILBUR F. SMITH. South Norwalk, Photographs by the Author. F! i ■ I EMALE HUMMINGBIRDBROODING ^OUR of the Ruby-throated Humming-birds nests that I have found werebuilt on branches hanging out over thewater of a stream or pond. Three nests wereon red or silver maple trees on lawns, and fourmore in some orchard or wood. I had begunto believe that I knew something of the sortof a place a Hummingbird would choose for anest, or that lichens added concealment bymaking the nest look like a mossy knot, aswe have all heard, but my opinions wererudely upset the past summer by a pair ofHummers who emphasized anew that it isunwise to make a positive statement of whatany bird will or will not do. A lady who had been reading in a ham-mock swung from the porch roof noticed aHummingbird dart in and out of the veranda;as she left the hammock something droppedfrom the sliding block regulating its height andshe was surprised and grieved to find it a partly built Hummingbirds nest. Itwas small wonder that the birds were concerned, while to have a pair of these
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